To be clear, I’m having a bit of fun with the title. The correct name for the virus is Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC). It’s real and can be severe, but given the frantic cascade of crisis, it seemed like a suitable nickname because people are just going to freak out about it.
They’ve been reprogrammed for several years to announce that the sky is falling every time something happens somewhere. Murder hornets, poisonous caterpillars, that COVID thing about which you may have heard. Oh, and Joe Biden’s presidency.
And now this.
According to the Veterinary nurse’s website, CIRDC is a highly contagious disease transmissible via the oronasal route, inhalation, and direct contact.
“A disease that is caused by multiple viruses and bacteria that pretty much infect the respiratory tract of dogs and can cause pretty severe infection including pneumonia,” said Miami-Dade County Animal Services Chief Veterinarian Dr. Maria Serrano.
As a dog owner, I’m likely to pay attention because many dogs from down south come up here to get adopted, but that’s about it. We won’t be doing anything different, but I can’t say that for every dog owner, we’re likely to meet.
Recent generations have been trained to replace human babies for fur babies (Lord, I hate that term) and treat them like a single child even when they have more than one. It can be unnerving and no less annoying. Show dog people can be one million times worse than that. But they are fun to watch when you wander by with your non-show dog, even if it’s a pure breed.
I’d expect this lot to get a bit obsessive about the remediation methods. Thus the joke about mutt masks mandates. I’m also wondering if the Vet will be half or twice as weird as they were during COVID?
Stranger still was the gymnastics required to complete your dog’s annual visit. Stay in your car. A vet tech wrapped up like they were a lab tech in the movie Contagion will come to your care ad get your pet. The Veterinarian will call you to talk about the exam, and payment will be completed electronically.
If they had told me I needed to be vaccinated, I’d be using a different vet, and that was before we had solid evidence that the COVID19 vaccines were a more significant threat to public health than the Wuhan Flu.
As for the Canine COVID,
CIRDC is spread by direct contact with an infected dog and by contact with people who have been exposed to the virus. The virus can be carried on people’s clothing, hands, and on items such as food and water bowls, collars, leashes, toys, and bedding.
Coughing dogs produce virus-containing mists that can travel 20 feet or more. Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, and discharge from the nose and/or eyes.
If you think your dog is showing signs of CIRDC, contact your vet immediately. The virus is easily killed by most disinfectants, handwashing with soap, washing clothes and bedding, along with washing food bowls and toys.
HT | Gateway Pundit
